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          WE WATCHED. 
          IT'S A TIME HONORED TRADITION AT LONE STAR PARK AT GRAND PRAIRIE, AND A SURE SIGN THAT ANOTHER SEASON OF LIVE HORSE RACING IS ON ITS WAY. 
          AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE. 
          IT'S LONE STAR'S ANNUAL NATIONAL ANTHEM AUDITIONS. 
          AN OPEN INVITATION TO SOLOISTS, DUETS GROUPS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS TO GET IN FRONT OF A MIC AND CAMERA AND TRY THEIR BEST TO IMPRESS. 
          WHILE PERFORMING THE STAR SPAND BANNER, WE WANT TO HAVE A LIVE PERFORMER PERFORMING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM EVERY LIVE RACE DAY. 
          OBVIOUSLY, PERFORMING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS IMPORTANT, HONORING THE COUNTRY. 
          IT'S A SPORTING TRADITION TO PERFORM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM LIVE. 
          AND AS ANYONE WHO HAS TRIED IT CAN TELL YOU THE NATIONAL ANTHEM CAN BE A CHALLENGING SONG, EVEN FOR THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS LAND OF FREE. 
          BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER HERE. 
          AS 85 CANDIDATES WERE MORE THAN WILLING TO STEP UP TO THE MIC AND TRY TO EARN A RETURN TRIP TO DO IT AGAIN IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE 73 RACING DATES SCHEDULED AT THE TRACK IN 2025. 
          IT BROUGHT ME BACK TO REALLY ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I'M NOT EVEN GONNA LIE TO YOU, WHEN I USED TO SING IT ALL THE TIME, AND AS FAR AS THE RANGE, ALWAYS BEEN COMFORTABLE SINGING AND BELTING IT OUT. 
          IT, IT ALWAYS WAS THE SONG THAT I LIKE TO SING THE SHOW, THE POWER TO SHOW THE RANGE IN MY VOCALS. 
          I LOVE SINGING, FIRST OF ALL, AND I LOVE MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY, WHICH THEY TELL ME I DO MAKE THEM HAPPY. 
          SO THAT'S SUCH A JOY TO MY HEART. 
          SO THAT'S THE REASON I'M REALLY HOPING I GET INVITED BACK. 
          IT'LL BE JUST SO WONDERFUL TO GET TO SING IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND SEE THEIR REACTIONS. 
          UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TRACK OFFICIALS WILL MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ON WHO WILL BE INVITED BACK BEFORE LONE STAR PARK'S 28TH SEASON BEGINS ON THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH. 
          FOR A FULL SCHEDULE, OR TO FIND OUT MORE, PLEASE VISIT LONE STAR PARK.COM.
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